Category: Uncategorized

Aug. 31: Eavesdrop Magazine: Our Queer Histories Anthology (pre-order here)

Cover by Alma Perreault
Model is Bisungu Tychique

Sept. 15: Beyond Pride: Queer YA All Year Long – Author Panel (tickets here)

Sept. 19: Word Vancouver: WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS? QUEER RESILIENCE AND JOY – Author Panel (more info here)

Sept. 19: BC and Yukon Book Prizes Gala (Messy Perfect is a finalist!) – Award Ceremony (tickets here)

Oct. 14: Setting the Stage for Christmas – Book Launch at Perfect Match Books (to register)

Oct. 20-25: Vancouver Writers Festival appearances:
📚 VWF Writers in the Classroom (for more info and to apply)
📚 Oct. 20 – Coming of Age (moderating) with Kim Spencer, Salma Hussein, and Ahmad Saber.
📚 Oct. 22 – Of Love and Lies (panelist) with Ahmad Saber and Aaron Cully Drake.
*Tickets on sale in September

Nov. 5: Fraser River Literary Festival Virtual Workshop (more info)

Nov. 7: Fraser River Literary Festival Cocktails & Conversations (for tickets)

📚 Dec. 9: Incite Event at the VPL for Setting the Stage for Christmas (more info coming soon)

My adult fiction debut has a sweet cover and can be pre-ordered now. Remember to support your indie bookstores whenever you can!

Messy Perfect lands itself in very good company!

See all finalists here.

See the full list of nominees here

April 30: Join me virtually at The Festival of Literary Diversity! The Festival of Literary Diversity is Canada’s first festival for diverse authors and storytellers, held in historic downtown Brampton. The FOLD provides one-of-a-kind events for kids and adults that engage readers, inspire writers, and empower educators by highlighting important and underrepresented voices.

July 3: Pride in the Word at Victoria Pride! More info coming soon.

May 28: Federation of BC Writers Summit Workshop: Writing Diversity: Can We Be Frank?

June 15: Tri-Cities Writers Festival Author Talk & Workshop (Writer’s Block). More info coming soon!

Excited to share I have three new projects on the go for 2025!

MESSY PERFECT: A YA novel with Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins. April, 2025.

Jennifer Ung at HarperCollins/Quill Tree has bought world rights to Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju (Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens), a YA novel that explores questions of faith, sexuality, and responsibility in the story of overachieving teen Cassie Perera’s efforts to run an underground Gender and Sexuality Alliance and the complications that arise—because not only does she attend a Catholic high school, but she also happens to be closeted. Publication is scheduled for summer 2025; Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret brokered the two-book deal. (Publishers Weekly)

ALLYSHIP AS ACTION: A middle grade, nonfiction book with Orca Book Publishers. August, 2025.

Kirstie Hudson at Orca Books has bought World rights to YA novelist Tanya Boteju’s first work of nonfiction, ALLYSHIP IN 7 ACTS, a guide to help middle grade readers take action in meaningful ways and participate more confidently in social change movements. Publication is scheduled for Spring 2025. Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret represented the author. (Publishers Weekly)

An upcoming short story in HOME HAS NO BORDERS: An anthology with HarperTeen. Winter, 2025.

Megan Ilnitzki at HarperTeen has acquired Home Has No Borders, a YA anthology of contemporary short stories by South Asian and diaspora authors that grapple with themes of home and belonging, edited by Samira Ahmed (l.) and Sona Charaipotra, with stories from S.K. Ali, Fatimah Asghar, Tashie Bhuiyan, Tanya Boteju, Tanuja Desai Hidier, Veera Hiranandani, Rajani LaRocca, Sheba Karim, Jasmin Kaur, Anuradha D. Rajurkar, Nisha Sharma, Nikesh Shukla, Navdeep Singh Dhillon, and an author from an open call for submissions. Publication is set for winter 2025; Joanna Volpe and Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media brokered the deal for world rights. (Publishers Weekly)